Playasia
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Avoid unless they have exclusive options
Play-Asia are meant to be a legitimate business however they have the most anti-consumer policies. Prices are so high they make scalpers look good. Even with their discount promotions, games are still priced above retail. As an example, Persona 5 Royal [Phantom Thieves Edition] on PS4 is selling for 343 USD, the MSRP for this is 90 USD. You can get this cheaper from scalpers on Ebay. Over priced shipping, a single game shipped to Australia is 11USD. I've had shipments from Canada, US and all parts of Europe for less than half that cost. The cost of shipping is to cover the cost paid to the courier to make the delivery, Play-Asia should not be making huge margins on shipping, as they don't do the shipping themselves. Now to their business model. Don't believe their website or posts on social media, Play-Asia does not hold stock. For example, say you purchase three games, and one of them is pending stock arrival. Those two games in stock will not be held in reserve and will be shipped to other buyers if possible. So if that one item becomes available, there is a chance the other two games will go into pending or unavailable state, meaning you will need to wait for that game to be in stock again. You need to hope that by chance, all three games in stock at the same time for your order to be shipped. In theory, and I've experienced this in practice, you could be waiting indefinitely for all items on your order to be available. All of this is wrong, as you have to pay for the order in full. This company has no problem selling games that you have already paid for. This is theft. Even worse, if the games you purchased are all in stock, there is still a chance you wont get your order. I recently made a purchase on the 11 July 2025, expected ship date was 13 July 2025. I make it a point to only make a purchase if items are in stock. Today, order ship date was delayed to the end of July 2025. Even though all items I purchased were in stock, they have been sold to other people, or they inventory management system does not update regularly. Ridiculous in every sense. Play-Asia is an awful company, filled in awful customer service defending these anti consumer policies. Play-Asia have a slight monopoly with Asia exclusive games, however other retailers are now getting into this. I hope other retailers continue to expand so no gamer has to rely on Play-Asia. This company hates gamers and laughs in your face as you give them your hard earned money and then sell your purchased products to others. Play-Asia should always be a last resort. Buy from Videogamesplus, buy from Amazon, buy from EBGames/Gamestop, buy from scalpers on Ebay. They all offer games at better prices, with same level of service.